This holiday was officially proclaimed by the United Nations Organization in 1975 - in the year declared by the UN as the ...

Larisa Belskaya emphasized that Belarus is committed to the key objectives of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which are crucial instruments in the field of gender equality, as a ...

FILE - Belarus opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova stands behind bars in a defendants' cage in a court in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 4, 2021. (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File) TALLINN, ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the Epstein and Gisèle Pellicot scandals are an illustration of intensifying threats to women and girls forced to suffer in silence.